Receptacle and agitator therefor



June 5, 1923. 1,457,431

' R. GUTHRIDGE RECEPTACLE- AND AGITATOB' THEREFR VFiled sent. 9, 1921- 2Sheets-Sheet l v5-June 5, 1923. 1,457,431 Y R. GUTHRIDGE RECEPTACLE ANDAGITATOR THIEIREFORA Filed sent. 9. 1921 2 sheets-sheet 2- Mii 4 rr oIvey Patented June 19.23. y

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i animation med )September e', 1921. serial No.1 ,reas-S1.,

To all 'whom t may 00p/06ml:

,-Be it known that I, :RlCHaRD GUHmnma,

a itizen :of the 'v United tates, residing at 'the vreity of Norristown,y'county of lli/lontgolnery, l:and State f of reverted .,Bennsylvania,have c certain new :and useful -lmprovef fr .ments fin BreesptaslesandAetators Theretion.'L

the transportation :of

This fureten, @metall-y State@ relates to .railroad R oars .and morefespeoial rela- @Q11toffeielatnars suClhaS are-employed in soft Acoal,lime, dirt and lilre material ealulated .to ,fpagk .in

trllasit gondola ears,

Ca-r 0i ,this tyre, usually "termed are equipped `at their bottoms with.eentral openings, closed .by 'outwardly proper: `direction lisksecuredby applying .a

tool, .termed ,a Crank to said 5loonsb-y, ,links theart ,to which thepresent inventionire to y a v` shaft yConnected lates.' Experiencediotatesthat .when @these doors are permitted to as is i located throughthe openings, blut ,that such .material i walls'must'be lpairedby.covering .the `punc-v means of pioks an loosen said Ypack same! maybecaused to in the V.car bottom. No ced theV I laborers frequently ure`consume time and `cause expensebnt puncture the Walls of anarwiththeirimplements so `that said turedfilrt0-nsiivith Plates e 'Thevleading `obyet ofthe ,present linventlonrnay be said t@ bertofovrcmethe,above leseribfed "c lisadvantazgeous features land provide means for a'oar of the oharaet-er stated y-W-liereby a trailhhand after opening theVdoors of a gondola-car7 same tool employed for may, with the thatpurpose operate from the car exterior, certain agitating mediums wherebyany material as is paokecl at the car ends may be readily andeXpeditiously loosened so as to pass through the openings in the carbottom. Other and further objects relate to general arrangements,`combinations and connections of parts for attainingkthe results cleading object.

The inventlon consi ontemplated by. said sts of the improveof operatingbladesof the type l shown in bottom thereof. This l isso that theo'areonments hereinafter described and 'rnally Gleim-df l l1TlreHfnature, Ioharaot eristic ,featureswgand SCOR@ 0f. ith@ inventionwill hef-more .liully i e understood ffromthe follovvingdesoription notaken in connection Withwthe nooompanying drawings. lforming ypartthereof and-fin fwhiehh-v` r` 'vg ',ltig. al, is a viewinsideelevatiompartly broken- Iavvay,y of a frail-road @ear equippedwith agitating devices embodying features Y .of the invention.l

agitating dev-loes ,and manner .of operating 'Fie' 13, -S f arf-view'in'. sde-relevaten-Qf one of said ,devices V e j l ;Fiig.4,-iisvasimilar vieWiof-afmodifiegd-lform Iof agitating blades. y y v er A 5.Fie-@1S a fragment-awww Qi: Garn-Shouf' ing' :modified ferm ofoperating :blades-,of the .type :shown xin :Figs el', 2 ande, iandPrecise .airangemntaed ,Organisation ,ofthe-1 indumentaria@ wherein.shown and ne; scribed. i' m'- e lizzaln theV drawings and',.refenringmore 'parti'oularllylto l 7to',,3iinel11`sire` 11),',desig-Ye ateS .a sof-.nailed `gondela-rar of :Steel $01.1* structionlthe'lb,ottorn of is provided vwith central openings closed by doors11.y These doors move outwardly around pivot points andare operablefroma shaft 12 through pivoted levers 13 When a tool termed a crank,-see Fig. 2, -is vapplied yto the squared end of said shaft. as is AWellknown in the art to which the present invention relates and hence theseparts have been shown'more or less diagrammatically.`` f 'e i The bottomwalls of the ear incline upvvard- 'e ly fromr opposite sides of theopenings in the tents can be more readily caused to egress Eachside-wall of through said openings.

end thereof is proas by rivets, is a plate 14 apertured in alignisprovided ment with an aperture through said wall. Passing through saidapertures is a studshaft 1st the outer end of which'is squared as at 15of a size corresponding with the squared'end of shaft 12 and the otherend of which has fixed thereto agitating blades 16 the number and shapeof which is immaterial. The blades as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 are ofrectangular configuration and are clamped between plates 17 and 18`as byrivets 19. The plates 14, 17 and 18 are of disc-like form. Theetud-shaft has at its in ner end a head 2O and at its outer end aremovable collar 21 to prevent endwise movement of the stud-shaft. Inaddition a collar 22 rserves'to space the blades 16 from the side-wall.The outer end of each blade 16 with an inwardly projected toe 23 toassist in agitating of the car contents Awhen the blades are rotated.Rotation thereof is secured by means of crank 24 being fitted to thesquared end of stud-shaft andV manually operated by a train-hand. Thusany material, as soft coal, packed at the car ends may be readilyloosened so as to egressthrough the openings in the car bottom. Insteadof rectangular agitatingr blades I may employ other types, for instance,of the general configuration of propeller blades'as indicated at 25 in Fig. 4. Il may also operate the Astud-shaft14C through the interventionof gear-wheels as shown in F 5 and 6. In such case a studshaft isprovided erteriorly of a car with a relatively small gear-wheel 26,meshing with which is a gear-wheel 27 of larger diameter mounted upon ashaft 2S having a squared end to receive crank 24. A detent 29. isemployed to prevent retrograde movement of gear-wheel 27. Either type ofblades may be operated in this manner.

It will now be apparent that I have de-` vised a novel and usefulconstruction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the thereof which has been found inpractice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to beunderstood that the same is susceptible of modification in variousparticulars with out departing from the spirit or scope of the inventionor sacrificing 'any of its advantages.

What I cla-im is:

1. The combination of an open top receptacle, including vertical sidewalls and end walls which incline toward a normally `closed discharge inthe receptacle bottom and an opening device for said discharge with aplurality of independently mounted, rotatable, material displacingdevices oppositely Varranged in pairs at each end of the receptacle andso positioned upon said side walls that when rotated, packed material atthereceptacle ends is caused to move along said inclined walls to saidopening and means common to said opening device Y and said displacingdevices fory independently operating the same.

'2. In a construction of the character stated, a vertical supportingwall having journaled therein a horizontally disposed stud-shaft one endof which is provided with a head and the other end of which is squaredto removably receive an operating tool, an agitating device carried byfsaid stud-shaft, means upon said stud-shaft for spacing said devicefrom said wall and for maintaining said device in abutting relation withsaid head and means adjacent the squared end of said stud-shaft forpreventing endwise movement thereof.

3. In a construction of the character stated7 a vertical supportingwall, a stud-` shaft rotatable therein, a pair of discs fitted upon androtatable with said stud-shaft, a'

plurality 'of radially disposed blades positioned between said discssaid blades'ha'ving plane surfaces and the outer endof each of whichterminates in a projected portion extending substantially at rightangies to the body part thereof and means for clamping said bladesbetween said discs.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

RICHARD J. surnames.

